Weather strip and mounting for railway car and bus window frames



R. T. AXE

Jul 3, 1934.

WEATHER STRIP AND MOUNTING FOR RAILWAY CAR AND BUS WINDOW FRAMES Filed March 29, l952 2 Jail/2 1 JNVENTON. 7,

BY 5 4244 7 m ATTORNEYS FFE CE UNIT STATES FATE WEATHER STRIP AND MOUNTING FOR RAIL- was one AND BUS WINDOW FRAMES Roy T. Axe, Syracuse, N. Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, to The Syracuse Trust Company, Syracuse, N. Y., a corporation of New York, trustee Application March 29, 1932, Serial No. 601,833 3 Claims. (Cl. 189-65) This invention relates to weather stripping parcient to permit a weather strip to pass freely into ticularly for railway cars and bus windows, and and out of the same. Heretofore, the weather, especially a transverse weather strip for sealing strips often became jammed in this clearance, the joint between the frame and the top rail of damaging the strip, and making the sash hard to 5 a sash that is capable of being raised and lowered Operate.

when the sash is closed, and has for its object, The car d w frames, or the p r ns 4 a weather strip construction which can be reade are also provided, b the bu ily applied to standard window or car frames, and With Openings at 6 t receive fastening be located in such position that the weather strip or screws by whieh the Weather Stripping has 10 member can fl x in ne di e ti or th th been heretoforesecured to the lower faces of in accordance with the movement of the sash the members 4, ih which position y become without becoming wedged between the top rail ja in e Clearance 5- of the sash and the transverse member of the The Obj of this invention is a Weather pindo f ame, r car structure ping and mounting therefor by which it can be 15 The invention consists in the novel features and hi ed t0 the standard car construction that is, in the combinations and constructions hereinto e e b a he p gs 6 utilized to after t forth and d i secure the weather strips in position and also, In describing this invention, reference is had permit the d m n thereof S0 that they W to the accompanying drawing in which like chareoect With, ip the Sashes- The holes 6 acters designate corresponding parts in all the v ry in lo a o lig Within limits, in di 78 views. ferent car structures and these holes are not Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional, view through exactly h s in a y w a ru tur s, 0 the top railing, weather stripping, and the con.- in a o nd s of the same car t u tur tiguous portion of the window frame. h is, th r n precisely accurately Figure 2 is a fragmentary view, similar to Figa d- 80 me 1, illustrating the action of the weather strip This W ath r r p ng eomprises a Weather when th h i raised strip member 10, a mounting therefor providing Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the a space at l n wh e a strip weather strip, the contiguous portion of the top -H t0 e W u lemm Wh the Z30 rail of the sash being 3,139 shown sash is raised, and a backing 12 for the weather Figure 4 i fragmentary t m View strip for limiting the deflection thereof downthrough one of the lower corners of the sash i1! weirdly Wh the a 1S l w r d.

lustrating the wedging action of the sash holder 13 d h e the mounting Wh ch iS ere shown "on the sash to push it toward the outer stop. in e i t a Channel arranged With its p n :35 1 designates the Window frame and 2 th sash, side toward the lower face 14 of the member 4, which is capable of being raised and lowered in 15 desighetee the hacking Sheet metal, i sash guides provided on the frame in any suitbeing angular in Cross Section, havi O e fla e abl nner, l6 lapping the outer side of the channel 13, and The sash is provided with the usual sash-holdanother flange Opposed to the we face of the A0 ers 3 which hold the sash in closed position, Orin channel 13 and forming therewith a channel in 4 different elevations, and which serve to thrust Whichthe base of the Weather Strip mbe i the sash bodily outwardly toward the outer wine ed Which Channel Opehe tewetl'd the p 'dow stop, and toward the weather stripping form.- Tailh e t flange is Provided wlththe p -ing the subject matter of this application. The 12 for hmitlng e deflection of the e p. =55 mounting f the sash and the action of the sash The weather strlp member itself is in the form holders and compression devices thrusting the of a Strip 9 fieXih1e 1'eSiheht material, as ubrsash'bodily outwardly toward the outer window g Simllel: meterlel felded up tself along :stop per se, forms no part of this invention, and a 11116 eXtendlhe lehgthwlse thereof p d is well understood by those Skilled in the art. a base and a head, or a for wlpmg o -50 4 designates the upper transverse member of the a t s or d pa t f the strip b in t window frame, hi h when t Sash is dosed located in the channel. The parts of the weather A v is opposed to and extends close to the outer face St ip and the mounting are held together y of the top rail of the sash with a relatively small ets 18 n r secured to the m m 4 y m n clearance at 5 between it and the top rail, this of screws 19 extending through the backing, the clearance varying more or less but being insuffibase of the weather strip member, andthrough iii) the channel of the mounting 13, and threading into the openings 6. The mounting 13, weather strip member, and backing 12, are provided with alined slots as at for receiving the screws, these slots permitting an accurate location of the mounting regardless of variations in the location of the various holes 6, and bodily adjustment of the weather strip member 10, backing 15, and mounting 13, as a unit to locate the weather strip member 10 in wiping contact withthe sash, The usual weather strip member extendingalong the upper edge of the top rail of the sash may be used, if desired; l r u By reason of this Weatherstripping and its mounting, the weather stripping can be applied to standard window or car frames, and the clearances 11 provided for the head or flexible portion of the weather strip which wipes on the sash, and at the same time, the mounting accurately located so that the weather strip member coacts most efficiently with the sash.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a window frame and a sash movable in the frame including a member extending crosswise of the top of the rail of the sash, when theQsash is closed, and terminating close thereto, said member having holes extending through its lower face; of a weather strip' comprising a member having a flexible wiper portion for wiping on the sash and deflectable in opposite directions in accordance with the 'direction of movement of the sash, a support therefor for spacing the same from the frame member and providing a clearance between the sash and the suppbrt for theflexible portion of the weather strip when the same is deflected in one direction, and fastening screws extending through the support and threading into said holes.

2, The combination with a window frame and a sash movable in the frame; of a Weather strip carried by the frame and extending transversely of the sash, the weather strip having a flexible wiper portion engaging the sash and arranged to flex inopposite directions in accordance with the direction of movement of the sash, means for supporting the weather strip from the frame and providing a clearance for the flexible portion of the strip between the sash and the frame, when the sashis moved in one direction and the flexible portion deflected in that direction, and the support having aflange extending toward the sash and extending at an inclined angle to the direction ofmevement of the sash and lapping one side of the wiping portion' of the Wiper for forming a backing therefor and limiting the deflection of the flexible portion of the wiper in the opposite direction, when the sash is moved in the opposite direction.

3. The combination with a window frame and a sash movable in the frame including a member extending crosswise of the top of the rail of the sash, when the sash is closed, close tending through its lower face; of a Weather strip comprising a member having a flexible wiper portion for wiping on the sashan'd defiectable in opposite directions in accordance with the direction of movement of the sash, a sup ort there for for "spacing the samefrom the frame member and providing a clearance between the sash and the support for the flexible portion of the weather strip when the same is deflected in one direction, and fastening screws extending through the support and threading into said holes, the weather strip lapping th'esupport and having transverse slots through which the screws extend, the slots permitting an edgewise adjustment of the weather strip relative to the support.

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